Baddesley Clinton

📍 Warwickshire, England

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About

Baddesley Clinton is a moated manor house, about 8 miles (13 km) north-west of the town of Warwick, in the village of Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England. The house probably originated in the 13th century, when large areas of the Forest of Arden were cleared for farmland. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and the house is a Grade I listed building. The house, park and gardens are owned by the National Trust and open to the public; they lie in a civil parish of the same name.

A moated manor house dating from the 15th century, home to the Ferrers family for over 500 years. Famous for its priest holes — hidden chambers where Catholic priests hid during the Elizabethan persecution. On one occasion, four priests evaded discovery for four hours in a sewage drain. The house retains a remarkable atmosphere of recusant Catholic devotion. Features a 15th-century great hall, Elizabethan parlour, and a garden room with 17th-century heraldic glass. National Trust since 1980.